International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has announced
that Talis
E. Seja has been named Honorary Consul of the Republic of Latvia in
Massachusetts. Talis, an associate within the Global Finance practice of Nixon
Peabody LLP, was appointed to this position by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Latvia.
In this role, Talis will seek to promote better understanding within
Massachusetts about Latvia and its people and facilitate increased commercial,
educational, and cultural ties between Massachusetts and Latvia.
Talis is a member of the Corporate Trust Team at Nixon Peabody, where he
specializes in structured finance, derivatives and banking law. He is a graduate
of Georgetown University Law Center (J.D) and Georgetown University's School of
Foreign Service (B.S.F.S.), and has also studied at Boston College Law School
and The London School of Economics and Political Science. Talis speaks
Latvian fluently.